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2 Sheets-Sheet 1. BAILEY. Portable and Sectional Fence. No. 239,079. Patentedl March 22,1881.,

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Portable and Sectional-Fence. No. 239,079.

Patented March 22,1881.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL L. BAILEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

POR-TABLE AND SECTIONAL FENCE.

SPECIFICATION formingl part of Letters Patent No. 239,079, dated March 22, 1881.

I Application filed December 18, 1880. (No model.)

ent sections, connected together by means of dowel-pins and fastened to the ground by means of detachable posts, which are adapted to be driven into the ground and connected to the'stationary parts of a section, all as hereinafter speciiied and claimed.

Figure lis an inner elevation of the first two sections of a fence made in accordance with my invention. Fig. l* is a similar view of the, say, third section, showing Athe mode of ljoining it with the second and fourth or next adjacent sections. `Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of thelon g post shown at the leftin Fig. 1, and used for connecting two end sections. Figs. 3 and 4 are side elevations of the long and short posts.

Similar letters of reference indicate corref spending parts in all the figures.

A A designate the posts of a section of my improved fence, to which are attached an upper bar or rail, B, and a lower bar or rail, B.

a a, &c., designate a series of panels, which extend from above the rail B to below the rail B', and are nailed or otherwise fastened to said rails. In the example of my invention shown in the drawings these panels are arranged so that they cross each other, forming diamondshaped spaces, and several short panels are used at each end of a section. These panels may, however, be arranged vertically, if desired or, instead of the panels, two or more additional cross-rails may be used.

The posts A are intended to merely rest on the ground, or they may be slightly inserted therein. The rails B B in the lirst section, 1, start iush with the face of the outer post, A, but extend over the inner post into ears d d', which are made with holes to receive pins p, to connect them with the perforated ears e e of the rails B B of the second section 2, these pins being secured in place by transverse linchpins, it' desired. The rails B B of all the sections but the first and last are extended in ears e e at both ends, so that the sections may be connected by the pins p in perforations o in any number. The two end sections, ifa simple inclosure is to be made, mayl be joined, as k in Fig. 2, by abutting them against a post, P,

The fence is started tothe next section, and it to the third, and so on, as heretofore described. The several intermediate sections are provided with the short posts P', having perforatious c3, through which and holes c4 in the posts A the pins p2 a-re passed. The several sections are thus independently supported on and fastened to the ground, and are readily removed or replaced, as desired. y

When it is desired to form an inclosure for temporary purposes the sections can be put together without using either the posts Por P'.

This fence combines all the advantages of a stationary fence with those ot a portable fence. The structure is simple, and it can be very easily put together and firm] y set by any one, and can be as easily taken apart and packed away. It is light and compact, and can be readily transported from place to place, as may be desired. It does not include any complicated mechanism, nor any iron cleats, bolts, latches, or stays to rust and get out of order, and as it is to be made of wood the cost of manufacture will be small.

I do not seek to claim, broadly, a portable fence, as I am aware that such structures are in common use.

I am further aware that afenee made in sections whose rails extend out into ears like mine and are pinned together like mine to connect such sections is old 5 but such a fence has had also its meeting posts pinned together and a brace pinned to the section-post and jointed to a post that enters the ground at some distance from the fence.

My invention does not employ the brace nor posts inserted in the ground at a distance from l P, pinned to the face of the end section post, the fence, nor does it pin the posts of adjacent and the posts P', pinned to the postsA of the sections together; but the posts are in line intermediate sections, all constructed and ari5 With the fence, and are themselves pinned to ranged as shown and described.

5 the section-posts, whereby great simplicity and The foregoing description of my invention compactness of parts are obtained. signed by me this 25th dayof September, A.D.

What I claim as my invention, and desire 1880.v to secure by Letters Patent, 1s SAMUEL L BAILEY.

A fence composed of the end and intermedi- 1o ate sections, 1 2, respectively, made up of the Witnesses:

posts A and the rails B B', disposed as shown, E. C. VEBB, and the panels a, combined with the end posts, D. D. OTIs, Jr. 

